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UNIONIZATION ] NOV-DEC 2016
UNION ORGANIZING
The following are Oregon and Southwest Washington workplaces where workers have decided
whether to be represented by a union. The thumbs-up symbol means workers will be union-
represented. Thumbs-down means they’ll be on their own. “Decert” means a decertification
election, where union-represented workers voted whether to remain union. The information
comes from the National Labor Relations Board and the Oregon Employment Relations Board.
Union election results
Employer (Location) Union
Yes-No =
The Lighthouse School (Coos Bay) OSEA
10-5
%
0-2
%
1-6
%
■ 16 full-time professional employees, including teachers
Christenson Oil (Portland) Teamsters Local 162
DECERT
■ 2 warehouse and plant employees
Providence Willamette Falls (Oregon City) UFCW Local 555
DECERT
■ 8 pharmacists
PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center (Longview) SEIU Local 49
At AFT Healthcare in Vancouver, Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals members and Peace-
Health workers celebrate the Dec. 15 union vote.
900 PeaceHealth SW Medical Center
support workers join OFNHP #5017
VANCOUVER — As a result
of a Dec. 15 vote, 886 hospital
support workers at Peace-
Health Southwest Medical
Center will be represented by
a local affiliate of American
Federation of Teachers (AFT).
An earlier vote on Nov. 22
showed that a clear majority of
the workers wanted to union-
ize, but neither of the two
unions seeking to represent
them had an outright majority.
So the Dec. 15 vote was
scheduled as a runoff between
Oregon Federation of Nurses
and Health Professionals
(OFNHP) Local 5017, and
Service Employees Interna-
tional Union (SEIU) Local 49.
The result was 319 for
OFNHP, and 110 for SEIU.
The newly unionized group
is referred to as the service and
maintenance unit. It consists of
certified nursing assistants,
food service workers, laundry
workers, and several dozen
other occupational classifica-
tions. They’ll now be members
of PeaceHealth Southwest
Caregivers United, a sub-local
of OFNHP Local 5017.
61-34 ^
■ 107 technical employees, including radiology, ultrasound, mammography, and LPNs
PeaceHealth SW Medical Ctr. (Vancouver) AFT-SEIU-no union 297-176-171 ^
— Runoff Election: 319 for AFT, 110 for SEIU
■ 886 hospital support workers, including CNAs, food service, laundry, and lab assistants
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